There are many options available. There are starter kits but you don't need one to get started. I will put a list together of the basic things you would want and the other brewers here can add to it if I missed anything. I will put the list together when I get to work.

spitfire wrote:There are many options available. There are starter kits but you don't need one to get started. I will put a list together of the basic things you would want and the other brewers here can add to it if I missed anything. I will put the list together when I get to work.

Sweet. You must have a job sort of like mine. A lot of down time??

"I do believe the sum extent of the messiness, disarrangement, disorder, and dirtiness of your room is equal to that of your brain." Johnny Cash

The brewing basics equipment kit will serve you fine to start and is a good price. I found there service to be good as well.

I was going to make a list of things that would be nice to have but that kit really has it all to start.

Other things that you will needA stock pot to boil in. I use a 5 gallon pot but if you had to you could get away with a 3-4 gallonIngredients, you would be doing extract kits so go here and click recipe kits http://www.midwestsupplies.com/Bottles- Start saving all your pop off bottles as you will use 48+ for a 5 gallon batch

Things that would be nice to have12" thermometer18" + stainless spoonauto siphon

I would also go here and do some reading http://www.homebrewtalk.com/ as it is a great resource and has helped me greatly. Also, check out youtube for homebrew videos.

The brewing basics equipment kit will serve you fine to start and is a good price. I found there service to be good as well.

I was going to make a list of things that would be nice to have but that kit really has it all to start.

Other things that you will needA stock pot to boil in. I use a 5 gallon pot but if you had to you could get away with a 3-4 gallonIngredients, you would be doing extract kits so go here and click recipe kits http://www.midwestsupplies.com/Bottles- Start saving all your pop off bottles as you will use 48+ for a 5 gallon batch

Things that would be nice to have12" thermometer18" + stainless spoonauto siphon

I would also go here and do some reading http://www.homebrewtalk.com/ as it is a great resource and has helped me greatly. Also, check out youtube for homebrew videos.

Thank you soooo much for this info! I have been on the fringe of brewing my own for a while now. I think I am finally going to start here in the near future.

I figure being the beer snob that I am, I might as well start brewing my own.

I was talking with my land loard the other day about brewing your own brew and his number 1 advice was to get a mini fridge for a kegerator. His reasoning behind this was because bottling beer is a big pain in the ass (so he says, Ive never done it) and he just likes it from the tap more.

What do think about that...is bottling really that big of a pain and would the cost difference between bottling your beer versus getting a kegerator be that drastic.

When I'm not itchin for discin, I have the yearnin to get the plastic turnin

I received a brewing kit last year for Christmas and haven't started yet. I did brew/distill my first batch of rice/saki/rice wine/vodka/moonshine though. I still don't know what to call it yet. Maybe just rice vodka. I made it from an old family recipe passed down to me from my grandma. It's some pretty wicked stuff. It's almost time to make another batch or finally start brewing some beer.